LED speed limit signs a waste
quit spening money on LED speed limit signs, we can all read the painted version!
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Stop enforcing victimless crime laws.
45 comments for Idea: Stop enforcing victimless crime laws.Stop prosecuting all victimless crimes. Prostitution, pot, etc. All these laws are based on the so-called moral majority (who are neither.) Stop spending our tax money to lock people up for having sex or getting the same buzz they get from a state store selling spirits!
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Increase fines for "white collar" crimes
4 comments for Idea: Increase fines for "white collar" crimesReview the fines and sentences for so-called "white collar" crimes and in many cases increase them substantially .
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Bike Lanes
10 comments for Idea: Bike LanesI would suggest that we require a license to utilize our many bike lanes. The bicylist would be required to wear the proper helmet and reflective gear just like a motorcyclist. A yearly $25 license and fines for non compliance.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Stricter Litter Fines on WA. State Roads
4 comments for Idea: Stricter Litter Fines on WA. State RoadsI suggest you have the police and courts enforce a strict no litter policy on our roads and freeways charge a higher fine and garnish work wages or revoke license if unpaid.
GA and UT roads do not look near as bad as ours do. They enforce this is their states. Use this money to balance the budget.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Motorcylce Endorsement
1 comment for Idea: Motorcylce EndorsementI would suggest that you must have a motorcycle endorsement to register a motorcycle. There are too many unlicensed motorcyclist out there.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »increase work release and home monitoring
Create a program to allow for 1 year of work release and 6 months home monitoring for people in prison. This would eliminate 1 year of the current prison time (on average $34,000 per person) and gives DOC more control when a person has been released from prison. The recidivism rate is highest within the first 3 years of release, if we monitor these people more closely we can reduce the chances of them committing a new ...more »
5 comments for Idea: increase work release and home monitoringCreate a program to allow for 1 year of work release and 6 months home monitoring for people in prison. This would eliminate 1 year of the current prison time (on average $34,000 per person) and gives DOC more control when a person has been released from prison. The recidivism rate is highest within the first 3 years of release, if we monitor these people more closely we can reduce the chances of them committing a new crime.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Require insurance to register a motor vehicle
Require proof of insurance to register a motor vehicle. Impound cars of drivers who are uniinsured. Enforce law to require insurance to register or operate a motor vehicle. There are 400,000 uninsured drivers in the state. Because car owners would benefit by lower insurance rates due to drop in number of uninsured drivers -- increase the fee to register a vehicle once this was put into place -- Sell impounded cars ...more »
3 comments for Idea: Require insurance to register a motor vehicleRequire proof of insurance to register a motor vehicle. Impound cars of drivers who are uniinsured. Enforce law to require insurance to register or operate a motor vehicle. There are 400,000 uninsured drivers in the state. Because car owners would benefit by lower insurance rates due to drop in number of uninsured drivers -- increase the fee to register a vehicle once this was put into place -- Sell impounded cars at auction if not claimed.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Increased fines for damages to any public property
3 comments for Idea: Increased fines for damages to any public propertyFines for damages to any public property including public lands at triple damages and jail for missed payments.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »No routine traffic sign replacement
2 comments for Idea: No routine traffic sign replacementNo routine traffic sign replacement unless there is a safety issue.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Pay up or quit driving
4 comments for Idea: Pay up or quit drivingCollect on back traffic tickets of ALL kinds. Either pay up or your drivers license and vehicle license can not be renewed. Just think of the millions in revenue this would generate in just one year. If you can not drive, most would pay their tickets. Also set up as program to make payments, miss a payment, license is immediately revoked.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Mentally Ill Placements
1 comment for Idea: Mentally Ill PlacementsProvide state hospitals for the mentally ill that are jamming the prison system. Do not release them unless they can live independently under the supervision of a state agency.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Flat Fee for minor speeding
Free up the courts by charging a flat fine of $50 for any speeding ticket up to 10mph over the limit (excluding school and construction zones). Further, such tickets would not be reported on the driver's abstract (unless 3 or more are received during a 1 year period), thus greatly reducing the number of people contesting minor speeding tickets and allowing for judges to concentrate on the issues they are needed for: ...more »
4 comments for Idea: Flat Fee for minor speedingFree up the courts by charging a flat fine of $50 for any speeding ticket up to 10mph over the limit (excluding school and construction zones). Further, such tickets would not be reported on the driver's abstract (unless 3 or more are received during a 1 year period), thus greatly reducing the number of people contesting minor speeding tickets and allowing for judges to concentrate on the issues they are needed for: actual crimes against humanity.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Reduce incarceration rates to match rest of world
jails and prisons should be for violent offenders only. The U.S. has 5% of the worlds population and 25% of the world's incarcerated. 1 out of 100 people in the U.S. are in jail. We jail at a rate 7 times greater than countries in Europe. What is wrong with us? If we reduced our prison population/incarceration rate to the world's average, we would save an incredible amount of money. And we might even ...more »
8 comments for Idea: Reduce incarceration rates to match rest of worldjails and prisons should be for violent offenders only. The U.S. has 5% of the worlds population and 25% of the world's incarcerated. 1 out of 100 people in the U.S. are in jail. We jail at a rate 7 times greater than countries in Europe. What is wrong with us? If we reduced our prison population/incarceration rate to the world's average, we would save an incredible amount of money. And we might even become a more just society at the same time.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »People with mental health problems should not be in jail
Treat mental illness OUTSIDE the jails. Spokane's jail is the second largest mental institution in the state according to our Sheriff. Many of these people would not be in jail if they had homes, counseling, and medications. Whatcom county has developed a triage systems for people arrested and doesn't put all people with mental illness in jail. Consider this statewide. I'm sure medications cost a lot less ...more »
2 comments for Idea: People with mental health problems should not be in jailTreat mental illness OUTSIDE the jails. Spokane's jail is the second largest mental institution in the state according to our Sheriff. Many of these people would not be in jail if they had homes, counseling, and medications. Whatcom county has developed a triage systems for people arrested and doesn't put all people with mental illness in jail. Consider this statewide. I'm sure medications cost a lot less than $130 per day for jail housing.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Uncalled for small boat safety inspections
Boaters are being stopped for safety inspections on Port Gardner bay by up to four different agencies. Even after the inspectors acknowledge a current sticker is correctly displayed we hear comments that we need to inspect again anyway. We are paying for these inspectors to run around the bay stopping boaters when the rules state that just an annual inspection is required. Boaters have been stopped multiple times per ...more »
2 comments for Idea: Uncalled for small boat safety inspectionsBoaters are being stopped for safety inspections on Port Gardner bay by up to four different agencies. Even after the inspectors acknowledge a current sticker is correctly displayed we hear comments that we need to inspect again anyway. We are paying for these inspectors to run around the bay stopping boaters when the rules state that just an annual inspection is required. Boaters have been stopped multiple times per day, without consideration of previous inspections.
A border crossing from Canada doesn't take as long as these safe boating inpections do!
Tax money being wasted!
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Exclusion from all state benefits for serious offenders
3 comments for Idea: Exclusion from all state benefits for serious offendersExclusion from state benefits. If you are convicted of any offense above a threshold or perhaps more than one you are excluded from any state welfare, tuition and other assistance programs for a minimum of 10 years or perhaps life.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »University Police
10 comments for Idea: University PoliceIn this State we have (6) large State Universities. Each University has its own State funded Police Department. Annual cost 25 million or more. Elimination of University Police Departments and contracts with local jurisdictions would probably save one half to one third of those costs.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »DUI tabs and Bicyclist Registration
Many states require those drivers convicted of DUI and other criminally-related charges while operating a motor vehicle to pay more for registering his or her vehcile. (In Minnesota, these license plates are called 'Whiskey tabs'.) Washington should not only charge DUI-convicted drivers more for vehicle tabs but also require them to have plates identifying them as DUI drivers. In addition, the State should require all ...more »
6 comments for Idea: DUI tabs and Bicyclist RegistrationMany states require those drivers convicted of DUI and other criminally-related charges while operating a motor vehicle to pay more for registering his or her vehcile. (In Minnesota, these license plates are called 'Whiskey tabs'.) Washington should not only charge DUI-convicted drivers more for vehicle tabs but also require them to have plates identifying them as DUI drivers. In addition, the State should require all person operating bicycles on this state's roadways to register and pay for such a privilege. In addition, I have observed many bicyclists operating on roadways, but failing to follow the basic rules of the road like everyone else. Bicyclists should be required to pay for the privilege as well as pass a test demonstrating basic 'rules of the road' knowledge.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »cap awards when the state is sued
2 comments for Idea: cap awards when the state is suedMake caps on how much someone can be awarded when suing the state. The state pays out millions in law suits each year. WA state is one of the only states that does not have a cap or ceiling.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Increase community service hours
2 comments for Idea: Increase community service hoursDouble the current average community service hours for repeat offenders above a threshold level of severity.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »End Duplication of Law Enforcement Academies and other Services
1 comment for Idea: End Duplication of Law Enforcement Academies and other ServicesEliminate duplications of state services. The State operates two law enforcement academies - the CJTC and the WSP Academy. Do we need two or can't all the officers be trained at the same academy? This would save money in overhead, administration, operating costs and the land of one could be sold off with the money being returned to the state.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Stop WSP From Charging Other State Agencies
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) operates the only statewide law enforcement communications center. All statewide and several federal law enforcement agencies contract with WSP for law enforcement dispatch duties. Agencies include the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, State Parks, Liquor Control Board, and the US Forest Service. Agencies prefer to contract with WSP for dispatch duties ...more »
4 comments for Idea: Stop WSP From Charging Other State AgenciesThe Washington State Patrol (WSP) operates the only statewide law enforcement communications center. All statewide and several federal law enforcement agencies contract with WSP for law enforcement dispatch duties. Agencies include the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, State Parks, Liquor Control Board, and the US Forest Service. Agencies prefer to contract with WSP for dispatch duties simply because it is a lot easier then contracting with the 39 county dispatch centers. However WSP charges a fee for every time a law enforcement officer from an agency I listed uses their radio. These fees range from $2.5-3.5 (depending on the agency) per “click” of the microphone, so just for one officer to sign on to duty costs between $5-7 since there are several transmissions required.
There are two issues I see with this.
1. A state agency should not be charging another state agency for services
2. I know for a fact that law enforcement chiefs from the agencies I listed have told their officers to use their radios less because of the financial issues. This means that officers are putting themselves in dangerous situations simply because of the budget. In a city or county every time an officer steps out of their vehicle they notify dispatch, officers for the agencies I listed do not do so because it would have astronomical costs for their agency.
I propose that WSP no longer require a fee for state agencies to use their dispatching services. Why should one state agency charge a fee to another state agency? It’s simply a waste of dollars, money that is allocated to one agency is actually going to WSP, and that is wrong! I have no problem with WSP charging non-state agencies such as the US Forest Service Law Enforcement since they are not a state agency. But WSP is putting those agencies officers in dangerous situations simply because of money.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Electronic licensing of individuals
Add your comment for Idea: Electronic licensing of individualsSupport the electronic license application & renewal process for nurses. This would be more efficient, user-friendly, and permit the reallocation of current resources handling the manual process. We are out of step with the rest of the country. I assume this could apply to other professions in our state.
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I disagreeThis idea is active.Public Safety »Increase liquor license fees and violation penalties
3 comments for Idea: Increase liquor license fees and violation penaltiesIncrease liquor license fees and especially license violation penalties.
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